September 21, 2013

COLUMBIA CITY â€” It is midseason, and the injury bug has started to bite, but Columbia Cityâ€™s football team was able to rally the troops and beat DeKalb on homecoming.

The Eagles beat the Barons 34-12.

Columbia City stepped onto the field absent quarterback Travis Herbst, who Head Coach Randy Hudgins said was day-to-day as far as his status. In his stead, Trevor Bolt stepped in and led the Eagle offense.

September 21, 2013

Columbia City High School named its 2013 Homecoming King and Queen at Friday nightâ€™s football game against DeKalb. Standing in for King Sam Dailey, a football player who suffered a severe head injury at the Eaglesâ€™ first game, was quarterback Travis Herbst (left). The queen was Anna Atsinger (right).

September 21, 2013

INDIANAPOLIS â€” The test run of an Indiana program aimed at providing affordable health care to otherwise uninsured adults will be extended by a year as officials continue negotiating with the federal government about using it to expand Medicaid.
As part of a deal with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Pence administration will lower the amount residents can earn before they qualify for the state-run Healthy Indiana Plan while pushing more residents into the federal health insurance exchange.

September 21, 2013

WHITLEY COUNTY â€” ISTEP+ test results were released statewide this past week, and administrators are assessing how meaningful the results are for their districts.
Students had trouble around Indiana during the spring testing when online connection problems caused many to be kicked out of the testing website.

Tests ended up being completed after some delays. The results were also released later than normal.